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A. W. F. STENZEL.

CHARACTERIZING ATTACHMENT FOR CAMERAS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15.15MB.

Patented Oct. 28, 1919.

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ARTHUR W. F. STENZEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

CHARACTEBIZING ATTACHMENT FOR CAMERAS.

Patented Oct. 28, 1919.

Application filed July 16, 1918. Serial No. 245,173.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR W. F. STEN- ZEL, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCharacterizing Attachments for Cameras, of which the following is aspecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cameras used both for pleasure and commercialuse, and the object of the invention is to provide cameras of this classwith characterizing attachments which will permit the operator or ownerof the camera to give a suitable title to the picture taken, or about tobe taken; a further object being to provide a camera attachment of thisclass with a plurality of type characters or stencils which may beplaced in a single or a plurality of lines or rows of type dependingupon the length of the title given to the picture taken; and a stillfurther object is to provide an attachment of the class specified whichis simple in construction and operation and eificient in use; and withthese and other objects in view the invention consists in an apparatusof the class specified, constructed and operating as hereinafterdescribed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the back of a camera showing my attachmentapplied thereto;

Fig. 2 a partial section on the line 22 of Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the parts in a differentposition and with parts omitted;

Fig. 4: a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1 and on an enlarged scale,and with parts omitted;

Fig. 5 a sectional and perspective view of a type supporting casingwhich I employ;

Fig. 6 a sectional and perspective view of one of a number of lockmembers employed in connection with the casing shown in Fig. 5; and,

Fig. 7 a perspective View of one of a num ber of type charactersemployed in connection with the casing shown in Fig. 5, and on anenlarged scale.

In Figs. 1 to 41 inclusive, I have indicated at 10 a camera case havinga back 11 which is provided at a predetermined distance from one endthereof with an elongated aperture 12.

In the practice of my invention, I secure to the walls of the aperture12 an L-shaped finishing-strip 13 to the bottom edge portion of which issecureda flexible strip 14: which is also secured to the bottom portionof the side walls 15 and end walls 16 of a type character supportingcasing 17 which is shown in detail in Fig. 5 of the drawing. The sideand end walls 15 and 16 of the easing 17 are L-shaped in form in crosssection, or are provided with inwardly directed base flanges 18, andsaid casing is'provided centrally and longitudinally thereof with a T-shaped partition wall 19 which forms two corresponding compartments 20and 21 in said casing at the opposite sides of the wall 19. A

A plurality of type characters or members 22, one of which is shown indetail in Fig. 7 are adapted to be inserted into and removed from thecompartments 20 and 21 and rest on the flanges 18 and the oppositely.directed base flanges 23 on the partition wall 19, and one side edgeportion of each of said members 22 is rounded or made convex in form asshown at 24, while the opposite side edge is grooved or made concave inform as shown at 25 in Fig. 7. With this construction the separatemembers 22 are placed adjacent to each other in the separatecompartments 20-21 with the convex edges 24 of one member 22 in theconcaved faces 25 of another as indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawing. Itwill be understood that the type characters or members 20 are cut out toform characterizing symbols, and'in Fig. 7 the member 22 is cut out asshown at 26 to form the character J of the alphabet, and it will also beunderstood that in the use of my improvement a suitable receptacle will'be provided for carrying a predetermined number of members 22representing each letter of the alphabet, the numerals from 1 to zeroinclusive, and other signs. characters or the like that may be required.

Mounted beneath the aperture 12 in the back wall 1.1 of the camera case10 is a shutter slide 27 supported by side keepers28 and the inner endportion oi the shutter slide 27 is provided with a bead 29, and theother end portion thereof passes through the camera case as shown at 30and is provided with a downwardly directed finger piece 31 whereby theslide may be withdrawn from the casing as indicated in dotted lines inFigs. 1 and 4 and moved into the position shown in Fig. 1.

I also provide a suitable backing plate 32 which is secured to theopposite side walls of the camera case 10 as shown at 33, and betweenwhich and the shutter slide 27 the film 3-1 and film backing sheet 35are adapted to pass from one spool of the camera to the other, and Ialso employ a guide roller 36 over which the film and backing sheetspass and which hold said sheets centrally of the slide 27 and backingplate 32, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

The backing sheet 35 is provided at correspondingly spaced intervalswith transparent or translucent strips .37 which are adapted tocooperate with the aperture 12 in the back 11 of the camera case whenthe film is in position to be exposed for taking a picture.

In the use of my attachment and before a film is connected or threadedthrough the camera, the'shutter slide 27 is first moved into theposition shown in full lines in Figs. 2 and 1, and after the film hasbeen put in proper position and the first film section moved intoposition to be exposed the same may be exposed, or the picture taken,after which said picture may be given a suitable title, or may becharacterized in any desired manner by placing the desired typecharacters or stencil members 22 in one or both of the compartments20-21 when the casing 17 is in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 4-,after which a lock device 38 is placed in each of said compartments asclearly shown in Figs. 2 to 41 inclusive to retain the members 22 inproper position, after which a cover or closure device 39 is placed uponthe lock devices 38, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and by graspinga handle or finger piece 10 secured centrally of the cover 39, thecasing 17 with the members 22 and devices 38 connected therewith may bemoved downwardly into the position shown in Fig. 3, after the shutterslide 27 has been moved into the position indicated in dotted lines inFigs. 1 and 3, and the title or character given to the picture about tobe taken, or a picture that has been taken, may be produced by removingthe cover 39 for a short time and again replacing it upon the casing 17,after which said casing may be moved upwardly into the position shown inFig. 2, and the shutter slide 27 moved into its full line position andthe cover 39, devices 38 and member 22 removed to permit the insertionof other members 22 when desired.

It will be understood that when only one compartment 20-21 is to beutilized for characterizing a picture taken, or about to be taken theother compartment will be closed by a strip or sheet, the dimensions ofwhich will correspond to that of the length and width of saidcompartment.

WVhile I have shown the type characters or stencil members 22 asconsisting of a sheet with the designating character or element cut outtherein, it will be understood that my invention is not limited to theuse of this form of characterizing element. My invention is also notlimited to the means for interlocking the type characters or designatingmembers herein shown and described as this may be accomplished in anydesired manner, nor is my invention limited to the specific form orarrangement of parts here in shown and described, and while I have shownand described my attachment as applied to a camera employing a film, itwill be understood that the same may be used in connection with camerasemploying plates and the like, and various changes in and modificationsof the details of construction herein shown and described may be made,within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from thespirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a camera of a casing mounted in one wall of saidcamera and movable inwardly and outwardly therethrough, means forsupporting a plurality of characterizing members in said casing, meansfor preventing the exposing of said members onto the film of the camerawhen connecting the same with said casing, and means for preventing theexposure of said members onto the film when the last named means isremoved.

2. The combination with a camera of a casing mounted in one wall of saidcamera, said casing comprising a plurality of compartments adapted toreceive characterizing members, means for retaining a plurality of saidmembers in said compartments, means for preventing the exposure of saidmembers onto the film in their assemblage in said casing, means forpreventing the exposure of said members when assembled and when saidlast named means is removed, and means whereby said casing with themembers mounted therein may be moved toward and from the film of thecamera.

3. A characterizing attachment for cameras comprising a casing, meansfor supporting characterizing members in said casing, means for mountingsaid casing to move inwardly and outwardly through a wall of the cameracase, a shutter device for controlling the exposure of the.Characterizing members in said casing and a cover or closure device forsaid casing.

a. A characterizing attachment for cameras, comprising a casing, meansfor sup porting characterizing members in said casing, means formounting said casing to move inwardly and outwardly through a wall ofthe camera case and to exclude light from said case in such movement, ashutter device for controlling the exposure of the charac terizingmembers in said casing, a closure device for said casing, and means forsupporting the film of the camera in the inward movement of said casing.

5. A characterizing attachment for cameras, comprising a casing, meansfor supporting a plurality of characterizing mem bers in said casing,means for mounting said casing to move inwardly and outwardly through awall of the camera casing to cooperate with the film or plate of thecamera, means for supporting the film on the inward movement of saidcasing, and a shutter device for controlling the exposure of saidcharacterizing members on said film.

6. A characterizing attachment for cam' eras, comprising a casingdivided into a plurality of compartments, means for supporting aplurality of characterizing mem bers in the compartments of said casing,said members being interlocked one with another, means for mounting saidcasing to move inwardly and outwardly through a wall of the camera caseand to cooperate with the film or plate of the camera, means forsupporting the film on the inward movement of said casing, and a shutterdevice for controlling the exposure of said characterizing members onsaid film.

7. A characterizing attachment for cameras, comprising a casing dividedinto a plurality of compartments, means for supporting a plurality ofcharacterizing members in the compartments of said casing, said memherebeing interlocked one with another, means for mounting said casing tomove inwardly and outwardly through a wall of the camera. case and tocooperate with the film or plate of the camera, means for supporting thefilm on the inward movement of said casing, a shutter device forcontrolling the exposure of said characterizing members on said film anda closure device cooperating with said shutter device for controllingthe exposure of said members on said film.

8. A characterizing attachment for cameras, comprising means forsupporting characterizing members in a wall of the camera, saidsupporting means being adapted to be moved inwardly and outwardlythrough said wall of the camera case, and a shutter device forcontrolling the exposure of the characterizing members in saidsupporting means.

9. The combination with a camera case having a longitudinal opening, anda film movable transversely of said opening and provided at intervalswith transparent strips, of a characterizing attachment com prising acasing adapted to support a plurality of characterizing members, meansfor moving said casing with the members supported therein toward andfrom a transparent strip on the backing sheet of the film of the camera,and a shutter device for controlling the exposure of the characterizingmembers on the film.

10. The combination with a camera hav ing a longitudinal opening in onewall thereof, and a film movable transversely of Said opening, of meansfor supporting a plurality of characterizing members in said opening,means for preventing the exposure of said members on the film of thecamera when connecting the same with said supporting means and othermeans for preventing the exposure of said members onto the film when thelast named means is removed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 13th day of July1918.

ARTHUR W. F. STENZEL.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

